All Episodes

Episode 109: The Evidence Room

Episode 108: Staying Ahead of Evolving Cyber Threats

Episode 107: Five Legal Topics Every Local Elected Official Should Know

Episode 106: Youth in Local Government

Episode 105: Data Center Dialogue

Episode 104: Digital Government & ADA Compliance

Episode 103: Basics & Quirks of Public Records Law

Episode 102: Housing Affordability and Local Efforts (with Mayor Saffo)

Episode 101: Tour of Takeaways '25

Episode 100: Shop With A Cop

Episode 99: Clerks

Episode 97: Renew NC, Rebuilding from Helene (One Year Since the Storm)

Episode 96: Building a Town Center

Episode 95: Municipal EVs

Episode 94: Civic Trust, Together (With Matt Lehrman)

Episode 93: Marion's GEM, Sanford's RISE

Episode 92: For the COOP (Continuity of Operations)

Episode 91: Municipal Community

Episode 90: WNC Recovery Communication

Episode 89: Car-Optional Cities

Episode 88: The Changing World of Cybersecurity

Episode 87: The Hurricane Helene Recovery Begins

Episode 86: ARP Deadline Ahead

Episode 85: Commit to Civility

Episode 84: Dangerous Crossroads

EP 83: Navigating Police Challenges

EP 82: Connecting City Hall and Residents

EP 81: Generative AI in Municipal Government

EP 80: Comprehensive Planning in an Age of Change

EP 79: How Sister Cities Work

EP 78: Ideas from the Alley

EP 77: So You Want to Commission a Mural

Episode 76: Town of Cary A Best Place to Work, Nationally

Ep 75: Digital Service Teams at City Hall

EP 74: Preparing for the Future of Work

Episode 73: ARP in Action

EP 72: Dreaming Big in Small Towns

EP 71: Flexing the River (with Weldon, NC)

EP 70: President Neisler Speaks

Episode 69: Vision Zero

EP 68: Recruitment and Retention, Challenges and Ideas

EP 67: Boone Shifts to Renewables

Episode 66: The American Rescue Plan and Local Infrastructure

EP 65: DIRECT Talks on Race (and Equity vs. Equality)

NCLM Fiscal Year 2019-20 Report Audio Companion

EP 64: Sick and Tired of Flooding

EP 63: UFO Town

EP 62: Cities Initiative on Climate Change

EP 61: Actual Mask-Wearing Superheroes

EP 60: Inside the 2020 Census

EP 59: Street Photography, the City and You

EP 58: The Map Is Wrong

EP 57: 'We Can't Arrest Our Way Out of This'

EP 56: The Best Food Delivery Ever

EP 55: Games Over Gangs (Encore)

EP 54: A Day at the Beach (The Wild Intersection of Gov't and Summer Vacation)

Episode 53: Back Into the Alley

EP 52: Driverless Cars 2

EP 51 - City Hall Beat

Preview of Episode 51

EP 50: Talking Dialects

Preview of Episode 50

Episode 49: Bee Downtown (Rebroadcast with Updates)

EP 48: Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide

Preview of Episode 48

EP 47: Leaping the Digital Divide

Preview of Episode 47

EP 46: Doggonomics

Let's Hear Your Feedback and Ideas (New Episode Next Week)

EP 45: Crime as a Public Health Issue

Preview of Episode 45

EP 44: Chief Storyteller

Preview of Episode 44

EP 43: Wise Cities (And Smart City Ethics)

Preview of Episode 43

EP 42: Banning the 'M' Word

Preview of Episode 42

EP 41: Shifting Thoughts on the Sharing Economy

2017

EP 40: Know Your Maker (Plus: More of the Best Fictional Mayors)

Inbetweenisode - Police Recruitment Followup (And A Request)

EP 39: The Police Recruitment Problem (And Solutions?)

Preview of Episode 39

EP 38: Being Careful About Smart Cities and Civic Tech (And the Best Fictional Mayors)

Preview of Episode 38

EP 37: The Power to Change Time (Halloween Mini Episode)

EP 36: Urban Cowboy 2, or Squashing 'Urban Vs. Rural'

Preview of Episode 36

EP 35: 'Without Being Nudged' - Advancing Women in Government Leadership

Preview of Episode 35

EP 34: Beer, Economic Development, and Civic Advice from Sinbad

Preview of Episode 34

EP 33: The City Connection

Preview of Episode 33

EP 32: Games Over Gangs

Preview of Episode 32: The Code

EP 31: 'City People Lose Their Minds for Sunflowers'

Preview of Episode 31: The Plant

EP 30: State of the Cities, Eclipse and Turbo Growth

Preview of Episode 30: What Mayors Want

EP 29: Into the Alley

Preview of Episode 29: Alley Stigma

EP 28: Government and Art

Preview of Episode 28: Inside Local Arts

EP 27: The Skatepark Solution

Preview of Episode 27: Public Skateparks

EP 26: Bee in the City

Memo From Far Away (Depending on Where You Are)

EP 25: Inclusive Innovation

Preview of Episode 25: Christopher Gergen Returns

EP 24: Autonomous Vehicles in Your City

Preview of Episode 24: Beep Beep

Preview of Episode 23: From the Table of a Small Conference Room

EP 22: Urban Soundscapes and Active Listening

Preview of Episode 22: What's that Sound?

EP 21: Murals Unlock a City

Preview of Episode 21: More Than Public Art

EP 20: Sister City Stories

Preview of Episode 20: Sister Cities

EP 19: 'The Other Side'

Preview of Episode 19: Cops, Youths, Cameras, No Script

EP 18: The Smart Cities Primer

Preview of Episode 18: Talkin' Smart Cities

EP 17: 'That High Lonesome Data'

Preview of Episode 17: Bluegrass and Civic Data?

EP 16: Sketching Suspects with DNA

EP 15: 2016

EP 14: Branding an Entire City

Preview of Episode 14: What's Your Brand?

EP 13: Drones and Local Government

Preview of Episode 13: Where Drones and City Hall Intersect

EP 12: The Food-Truck City Hall

Preview of Episode 12: The City Hall on Wheels

EP 11: Insiders' Guide to Local Economic Development

Preview of Episode 11: Local Economic Development Pros Speak

EP 10: The Science of Trees in Cities

Preview of Episode 10: The Urban Forest!

EP 09: Reshaping Suburbia

Preview of Episode Nine: Another Look at the Suburbs

EP 08: 'Human' Cities

Preview of Episode Eight: People-Focused Urbanism?

EP 07: The Value of 'Digital Mindsets' in Local Government

Preview of Episode Seven: Another Kind of Digital Divide?

EP 06: Restarting the Law Enforcement Conversation

Preview of Episode Six: Restarting the Law Enforcement Conversation

EP 05: Sound of a City

Preview of Episode Five: Live Music! (And What A Local Gov't Does With It)

EP 04: The Science of Place Attachment

Preview of Episode Four: Place Attachment! (The 'Art & Science' of...)

EP 03: The Five Levers of the Local Innovation Ecosystem

Preview of Episode Three: Innovation! (And Where Local Gov't Fits In)

EP 02: The Municipal Infrastructure Quandary

Preview of Episode Two: Infrastructure!

EP 01: 'All We Know Is She is Dying' -- The D.D. Adams Story